Finances · updated 2026-08-28

How to record a landfill cost in Dumpster Controls

Landfill is usually the biggest direct cost of a haul, and the app watches for it: completed orders without a landfill cost are flagged "No landfill cost" and marked for review in Orders P&L.

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   Add it as an order cost

   Open the order in the Orders P&L drawer, click "Add Cost", keep the "Cost Type" as landfill, enter the "Amount ($)" you paid the landfill, and optionally the vendor (e.g. City Landfill). Click "Add Cost".

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   Or log it during an overweight charge

   When you bill an overweight fee through "Charge Extra Fee", the overweight section includes an "Internal landfill cost" field: what you paid the landfill, saved to Expenses and never charged to the customer.

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   See it in the profit breakdown

   The recorded amount shows up in the drawer's "Costs" section as "Landfill Ticket" (or as a landfill cost row), in the Profit Intelligence card's cost breakdown under "Landfill", and inside the dashboard's Expenses number.

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   Edit or remove a cost

   In "Order History", expand the order and find the "Operational Costs" card (the same rows appear in the Orders P&L drawer under "Costs"). Each cost has a pencil to edit the amount, description and vendor, and a trash icon to remove it. Removing asks for confirmation. If you recorded a cost on the wrong order, remove it there and add it on the right order with "Add Cost". Available to admins and dispatchers.